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The changing epidemiology of Acinetobacter spp. producing OXA carbapenemases causing bloodstream infections in Brazil: a BrasNet report.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Dec 2015
Vasconcelos Ana Tereza R, Barth Afonso L, Zavascki Alexandre P, Gales Ana C, Levin Anna S, Lucarevschi Bianca R, Cabral Blenda G, Brasiliense Danielle M, Rossi Flavia, Furtado Guilherme H C, Carneiro Irna Carla R S, da Silva Juliana O, Ribeiro Julival, Lima Karla V B, Correa Luci, Britto Maria H, Silva Mariama T, da Conceição Marília L, Moreira Marina, Martino Marinês D V, de Freitas Marise R, Oliveira Maura S, Dalben Mirian F, Guzman Ricardo D, Cayô Rodrigo, Morais Rosângela, Santos Sânia A, Martins Willames M B S
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We evaluated the epidemiology of Acinetobacter spp. recovered from patients diagnosed with bloodstream infections in 9 tertiary hospitals located in all Brazilian geographic regions between April and August 2014. Although OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii clones were disseminated in most hospitals, it was observed for the first time the spread of OXA-72 among clonally related A. baumannii isolated from...
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